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Decided to give this a spin, glad I did. The show has such an exceedingly strange sense of humor, but my favorite part is probably the Mediator's dead-pan sarcasm. Also, my reaction to the sentient marmalade pretty much echoes Mediator's perfectly: "Ew." It's just such a perfectly deadpanned reaction to such a strange and disturbing situation. 
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 04:25 |
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Best zany show since Excel Saga? Only time will tell, but I freaking lost it at the slow motion headless chickens 'dying' to Ave Maria.
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 04:50 |
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GEOFF DID ALL OF IT. Oh my god, this show.
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 05:15 |
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The lyrics to the gpening song really fit the tone of the show. (This is just a quick by-ear thing, not guaranteed to be correct!) Real World Papapara papapara Papapara papapara Papapara papapara Papapara pa When I first woke up, you laughed that I believed such a world could last The everyday just isn't enough I've seen the blue night sky from a twisted viewpoint I confessed my love on countless mornings It's starting to go a bit sour If you approach us, we're delicate Let me show you a fleeting dream Sometimes good things happen, too Your reward is chocolate If you can see a sweet dream Then just laugh everything away March straight up that hill Bend your ear to what can't be seen Beckoning voices can be heard There are many barricades Break them down to learn more And become something unknown In this mysterious world
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 06:04 |
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MagicalDuck posted:Papapara papapara True words to live by (and dance to)
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 08:34 |
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This is one of the strangest and most wonderful things I have watched in a long time. 
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 13:50 |
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 This is a thing I can get behind. also
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 16:20 |
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Humanity will be fine, any other species that could take over are even more incompetent and will lose relative to our incompetence.
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 17:44 |
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Those loving chickens. Those ones that get stuck in the sewing machines and made into shirts. And the ones that get pressed into CDs. And I love that the bread machine just cooked them. Any show where I hurt myself laughing so much is good in my book.
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 18:56 |
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After the first episode I was kinda "eh", but the second one was amazing! Definitely going to keep watching this.
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 20:23 |
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I think I love this show. Some great satire of corporate culture in there too.
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| # ? Jul 9, 2012 21:12 |
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I have no idea where this is going and I'm looking forward to finding out.
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 00:10 |
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I am a child. The whole Chickens going "gently caress" and ave maria had me rolling .
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 01:48 |
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Bleeding bread.
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 02:15 |
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Paracelsus posted:The ED reminds me a lot of the OP & ED to Azumanga Daioh. Masumi Itou was one half of Orange & Lemons (AD op/ed) Largepotato fucked around with this message at Jul 10, 2012 around 10:31 |
| # ? Jul 10, 2012 07:19 |
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Raskolnikov posted:Best zany show since Excel Saga? Definitely, I mean the second episode was just 
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 14:49 |
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Okay my being on the fence about the first episode is now firmly on watching this show, episode 1 was a great set-up to this episode and I found the juxtaposition between rainbow cheer and seedy evil entertaining. There wasn't a bread scene this time but Mai's voice acting and Mediator's attitude in general (especially towards other humans) has got me hooked.
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 16:54 |
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This is pretty much going to be Show of the Year for me by default if it keeps on like this. It's like someone went into my brain and made My Show. I am as enthused as I am unsettled. Mediator/Watashi is the best character, too. Her relatively deadpan reaction to everything ("no, this is where we start fighting for survival, right?") and her occasional scheming have really endeared her to me. The way she broke into a fairy smile and started menacing the manager was the best part of the episode. MagicalDuck posted:The lyrics to the opening song really fit the tone of the show. (This is just a quick by-ear thing, not guaranteed to be correct!) Thanks for this. The OP and ED really seem to be approaching the atmosphere of the series differently. The OP seems entirely positive until you listen to it, but the ED is pretty creepy from the get-go despite the bright colors. Still haven't been able to find the translated lyrics anywhere, though. Might have to wait for the single release.
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 16:58 |
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What is ykk, besides the zipper company? Also, show is the best thing. I'm looking forward to the end of my species now.
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| # ? Jul 11, 2012 02:14 |
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Portable Staplefrog posted:What is ykk, besides the zipper company? YKK is Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou aka: Yokohama Shopping Trip. It's easily in my top five manga. adtrw wiki page for it.
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| # ? Jul 11, 2012 02:23 |
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Welp, I'm sold. It'd be pretty hard for any other show this season to top those chickens and the suicide bread.
Miijhal fucked around with this message at Jul 11, 2012 around 06:36 |
| # ? Jul 11, 2012 06:32 |
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I knew I was in the long haul from minute 5 of the first episode when they pulled a: Do Something --> ??? --> Profit! joke. But holy poo poo, that second episode. Brilliant! Something I was to note which is a little Japan-specific, even in bureaucratic terms was the Mediator's conclusion towards the town meeting. "Meetings are decided before they begin" is something characteristic of Japanese culture more so than anywhere else. That having been said, I guess I have to start watching out for people named "Geoff" now.
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| # ? Jul 11, 2012 19:22 |
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Fuck'em all!
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AlternateNu posted:Something I was to note which is a little Japan-specific, even in bureaucratic terms was the Mediator's conclusion towards the town meeting. "Meetings are decided before they begin" I don't think this is specific to Japan, this is my experience at every corporate job I've ever worked and I work in Massachusetts.
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| # ? Jul 11, 2012 23:05 |
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I love the Mediator's subdued reactions to stuff. The show would probably feel like it was trying too hard if everyone was all over-the-top EHHHHH?!? to all the zany situations, so the way the Mediator just takes everything in stride makes it that much better.
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| # ? Jul 12, 2012 01:26 |
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advancedbridge posted:I love the Mediator's subdued reactions to stuff. The show would probably feel like it was trying too hard if everyone was all over-the-top EHHHHH?!? to all the zany situations, so the way the Mediator just takes everything in stride makes it that much better. Like when the Manager falls into the massive hole. She eyes it for a second and then just shuffles around it.
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| # ? Jul 12, 2012 02:36 |
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MagicBoots posted:I don't think this is specific to Japan, this is my experience at every corporate job I've ever worked and I work in Massachusetts. Honestly, I can't comment. It has been my experience working with other governments at least, but I've been public sector my whole career.
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| # ? Jul 12, 2012 06:46 |
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The fairies are a metaphor for drugs. This is the only way the show makes any sense.
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| # ? Jul 12, 2012 21:37 |
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Paracelsus posted:The ED reminds me a lot of the OP & ED to Azumanga Daioh. Yeah, it's the same artist. This show is absolutely amazing. What else can I say that hasn't already been said?
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 08:51 |
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I knew this show was going to be amazing the moment I found out that the guy who directed Sunred directed it. I'm glad I wasn't mistaken.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 18:00 |
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After watching ep2 again I started believing that the one particular joke started to get overplayed by the end of the episode. But then the latent pun hit me and I laughed harder. 
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 23:28 |
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What pun?
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 02:25 |
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Sindai posted:What pun? Remember when Mediator thanks god(kami-sama) for saving her from the chomper thing at the end of the conveyor belt and for bending the bars to get her out of the cage? Kami also means hair in Japanese. :P
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 02:47 |
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Oh, I thought he was talking about something related to Ave Maria.
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 03:39 |
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Sindai posted:Oh, I thought he was talking about something related to Ave Maria. It is. The last time the birds come falling down its above a statue of what appears to be Mary. Ave/aves mean birds 
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 09:57 |
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Cao Ni Ma posted:The last time the birds come falling down its above a statue of what appears to be Mary. Ave/aves mean birds Goddamnit. 
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 10:18 |
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This show just saved the Summer Season.
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 15:23 |
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What did I just watch... Edit: Although the part where Y discovers the Assistant and comes to entirely the wrong conclusions was hilarious.
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 15:53 |
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Amazingly absurd. Would it be correct to say that in this episode, humanity relapsed?
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 16:58 |
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nielsm posted:Amazingly absurd. If you mean in the same way how cancer might relapse, then yes, yes it would be.
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| # ? Jul 15, 2012 18:21 |
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Remember when Mediator thanks god (kami-sama) for saving her from the chomper thing at the end of the conveyor belt and for bending the bars to get her out of the cage? Kami also means hair in Japanese. :P Cao Ni Ma posted:The last time the birds come falling down its above a statue of what appears to be Mary. Ave/aves mean birds Two aves with one stone! I love this show! Mediator finds that her hair (wig, really) has a mind of its own, which makes the first pun make a lot more sense when she realizes this.
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